SOSMART Background

The Southern Ontario Stream Monitoring and Research Team (SOSMART) is a coalition of partners from along the north shore of Lake Ontario. There is also plenty of collaboration and discussion between SOSMART members and other networks (see map).

Partners come from many perspectives, including:

• Conservation Authorities

• Academia

• Municipalities

• Provincial agencies

• Federal agencies

• Non-governmental organizations

A Little SOSMART History

• Les Stanfield on A Biased History of SOSMART (2024) 

• SOSMART General Discussion (2024) 

•  A Framework for Incorporating the Science of Impact, Risk and State of Resource Assessments into Management Decisions for Flowing Waters (2002)

• A proposal to develop an Ontario Stream Monitoring Network (2008)

• What is a SMART? Presentation at AFS Ontario Chapter Annual Meeting (2010)

• SOSMART Charter (2018)